Name: Kaitlyn ClarkeAge: 20
Hometown: Burlington, Massachusetts.
Major: Spanish and International Studies with an English minor.
Favorite food: Apple pie.
HC: What extracurricular activities are you involved with on campus?
Kaitlyn: I am in Sigma Delta Tau, Model UN, Catholic Relief Services, government club, Mentor Program and Intramurals
HC: Advice to students at MC when choosing to be involved?
Kaitlyn: No matter what you choose, you will end up loving what you do and who you are with in the chosen club/organization. If you don’t end up liking what you do, move on to the next!
HC: Who do you look up to the most?
Kaitlyn: I’m going to go with the most cliched answer: my mom. She is an amazing woman who juggles so many this on her plate and I can only hope to someday be able to handle a quarter of what she does. I mean, she had to raise me, didn’t she? Add four other crazy siblings to that mix, she should be considered a saint.
HC: Why did you choose Manhattan College?
Kaitlyn: I chose Manhattan because it was so different than the other schools I had been looking at. Manhattan provided me a space that would put me outside my comfort zone. Before visiting the school, I had never come to New York! I could also see the passion Jaspers had when I came to visit and knew I would love it here.
HC: Quote you live by?
Kaitlyn: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.” – Henry David Thoreau.
HC: What do you like to do in your spare time?
Kaitlyn: In my spare time, I’ll go to the gym, read, nap or spend a couple hours in Locke’s.
HC: where do you see yourself after you graduate?
Kaitlyn: After I graduate, I plan on taking a year off to teach English in a Spanish-speaking county (probably Spain or Chile!). Then, I plan on going to graduate school at George Washington University for International Studies.
HC: Best memory at Manhattan College thus far?
Kaitlyn: My favorite memory is my trip to the Czech Republic for the club, Model UN. It was a nine day trip that included excursions around Prague, Olomouc, and even a tour of Auschwitz. We also participated in an international conference and represented the Russian Federation. It was a trip that I would never had pictured myself being involved in prior to Manhattan College and I am so glad I came here. I have so many good memories here at the school and I am so excited for many more!